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but to run the gauntlet if they would have their 
breakfast. Of course they are shot from 
‘‘floats’’ also. 
A number of names are given this bird by the 
gunners of the coast, among them, ‘‘ Long-tailed 
Duck;’’ ‘‘Old Injun,’’ (male); ‘‘Old Squaw,’’ 
(female) ; ‘‘Sou-southerly,’’ from some fancied 
resemblance of their cry to these words; 
‘‘Hound,’’ from the sound of the flock’s ‘‘gab- 
ble,’? which is somewhat like the distant yelp- 
ing of a pack of hounds; ‘‘Old Wife,’’ from its 
talents as a conversationalist, perhaps. 
The Old Squaw, by which name it is most gen- 
erally known to us of the northeast, is also 
found on the Great Lakes in winter, dwells on 
the Pacific coast and in the waters of northern 
Europe along the coast. 
What a streak of lightning it is when under 
way! When a gunner thinks he is ‘‘holding 
just right’’ on a passing ‘‘Squaw’’ it is a good 
plan for him to double his forelaying or the 
bird will continue to pass. Certainly, with the 
possible exception of the ‘‘whistler,’? no duck 
of the salt water can hope to stay in his com- 
pany when he is crowded for time. A heavy 
charge of powder and about number 4 shot is 
